Charles Warren Fairbanks was an American politician who served as a senator from Indiana from 1897 to 1905 and the 26th vice president of the United States from 1905 to 1909. He was also the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 1916 presidential election. Had the Republican ticket been elected,Fairbanks would have become the third vice president to multiple presidents,after George Clinton and John C. Calhoun.
Charles Harting Percy was an American businessman and politician. He was president of the Bell &Howell Corporation from 1949 to 1964,and served as a Republican U.S. senator from Illinois from 1967 until 1985,following a defeat to Paul Simon. He was mentioned as a Republican presidential hopeful from 1968 through 1988. During his Senate career,Percy concentrated on business and foreign relations.
Sander Martin Levin is an American politician who served in the United States House of Representatives from 1983 to 2019,representing Michigan's 9th congressional district. Levin,a member of the Democratic Party from Michigan,is a former ranking member on the House Ways and Means Committee;he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee from 2010 to 2011. He is the older brother of former U.S. Senator Carl Levin,and the father of former Congressman Andy Levin,his successor.
Donald Wayne Riegle Jr. is an American politician,author,and businessman from Michigan. He served for five terms as a Representative and for three terms as a Senator in the U.S. Congress.
Kinsley Scott Bingham was a U.S. Representative,a U.S. Senator,and the 11th governor of Michigan.
Austin Blair,also known as the Civil War Governor,was a politician who served as the 13th governor of Michigan and in Michigan's House of Representatives and Senate as well as the U.S. Senate. He was known as a strong opponent of slavery and secession. He also led efforts to provide women and black citizens the right to vote. He simultaneously sought to ban capital punishment.
Zachariah Chandler was an American businessman,politician,and one of the founders of the Republican Party,whose radical wing he dominated as a lifelong abolitionist. He was mayor of Detroit,a four-term senator from the state of Michigan,and Secretary of the Interior under President Ulysses S. Grant.
The Senate Republican Conference is the formal organization of the Republican Senators in the United States Senate,who currently number 49. Over the last century,the mission of the conference has expanded and been shaped as a means of informing the media of the opinions and activities of Senate Republicans. Today the Senate Republican Conference assists Republican Senators by providing a full range of communications services including graphics,radio,television,and the Internet. Its current Chairman is Senator John Barrasso,and its Vice Chairwoman is currently Senator Shelley Moore Capito.
Robert Paul Griffin was an American politician. A member of the Republican Party,he represented Michigan in the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate and was a Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. He co-sponsored the Landrum-Griffin Act,which regulates the internal affairs of labor unions. As a deputy minority leader in the Senate,he called on President Richard Nixon,a fellow Republican,to resign during the Watergate scandal.
The 95th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1977,to January 3,1979,during the final weeks of Gerald Ford's presidency and the first two years of Jimmy Carter's presidency.
The 74th United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government,composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington,D.C.,from January 3,1935,to January 3,1937,during the third and fourth years of Franklin D. Roosevelt's presidency. The apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the 1930 United States census.
Richard Franklin Vander Veen was a politician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Richard Allen Griffin is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously,he was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
Edward Charles Pierce was a politician and physician from the U.S. state of Michigan.
Thomas Wharton Phillips was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.
Helene N. White is a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Previously,she was a judge on the Michigan Court of Appeals.
The 1978 United States Senate election in Illinois took place on November 7,1978. Incumbent Republican United States Senator Charles H. Percy ran for re-election to a third term in the United States Senate. Percy was opposed by Democratic nominee Alex Seith,an attorney who had been appointed to several local government positions.
The 1978 United States Senate election in Mississippi was held on November 5,1978. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator James Eastland decided to retire. Republican Thad Cochran won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate election in Mississippi since Reconstruction in 1877. He was the first to hold this seat since 1881.
The 1994 United States Senate election in Michigan was held November 8,1994. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Don Riegle decided to retire and not run for re-election. Republican Spencer Abraham won the open seat,becoming the first Republican to win a U.S. Senate race in Michigan since 1972 and the first Republican gain of the Class I Senate seat from Charles E. Potter since 1952. As of 2023,this was the last time the Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Michigan.
